Rashid Latif opens up on Virat Kohli participating in the Kashmir Premier League

Kashmir Premier League is scheduled to be held in the Pakistan occupied Kashmir in August. Some reports had suggested that the former Pakistan skipper, Rashid Latif had invited Virat Kohli to be part of the league. However, Latif has now clarified that he hasn’t made any such claims and it was, in fact, his boss, Arif Malik, who initiated that conversation.

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Speaking on a Youtube channel, Latif said, “Yeh meine baat nahi ki, Virat Kohli wali baat. Hamare jo boss hai, Arif Malik saab, ne kal ek show men yeh baat ki. Ki invite karenge woh Virat Kohli; ko aur waha pe who aaye na aaye unki marzi hai, lekin initate unhone liya hai, unki soch hai woh. Lekin yeh mere quote nahi hai (I did not comment on Virat Kohli.

That was done by my boss Arif Malik in a show yesterday that he is keen to invite Kohli for the tournament. Whether he comes or not, is up to him, but it was Malik’s initiative, his thinking; and I did not have anything to do with it),” said the 53-year-old, who was recently appointed as the Director of Operations for the league set to be held in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.

Arif Malik, who is the president of the tournament had earlier stated, “We should send an invitation to Virat Kohli but the decision to play lies with the player," said Latif while in communication with Dawn News. “I had also advised Sethi to send invitations to all cricket boards including BCCI for PSL.”

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"We have a clear cut message for across the border. We want to do everything peacefully and keeping that in mind, we are writing a letter to Virat Kohli. He is one of the great players and now even players like Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi are in the ICC rankings. When we talk about peace, all the guys should be on the same page," Malik said on Facebook.

Notably, the tournament is likely to be played from 1^st August to 14^th August 2022. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli has been enduring a horrendous run with the bat. In the ongoing Indian T20 League, he has only managed to score a single half-century. Overall, he has scored 236 runs in 13 matches at an average of 19.67.